This is a smartphone (cell phone) photo of my cat enjoying the garden cat enclosure I built for him. It is not a large space but when combined with the house it makes for an adequate amount of space. He gets lots of interaction and play so I think it is a fair compromise between safety and an decent life. I live in a built up area and there is a considerable amount of traffic although my road is quiet.
Neighbors
The great fear for my cat is being killed on the roads. My neighbors let their cats roam on the road which I dislike and believe is irresponsible. Although my next door neighbor has 9 full-time indoor cats. She likes to go to cat shows.
My cat is a random bred spotted tabby raised from feral.
Yep, the domestic cat is a terrible predator. Everything they do is underpinned by hunting. And it is completely normal. I am not some cat owners really get that.
When discussing cat behavior in honest terms they are brutal hunters. Most often even the fluffiest one that owns every soft seat in the house can become near feral in the hunt. I’m really advocating that people start understanding cats are not weird and their behaviors are normal and almost always have an explanation that is directly related to normal house cat behavior.